Eurovision, part 4
Yes, Piglet goes on commenting on the songs for Saturday whether you like it or not.
Because I'm evil. Ha!
First of all, Russia brings the girls from Tatu to Riga. To tease Mac and the other straight gentlemen, I won't post a picture. Told you I was evil! But what can we say about the song? It's typical Tatu. They start out whispering and shout during the chorus. Is it gonna score? Well, Russian sounds sexy. We must admit that. And the girls have stirred quite the controversy by "refusing" to do a decent rehearsal, which is always good for points. So yeah, it's gonna score. But tatu fans don't seem the type to be watching Eurosong, much less voting for them.
Estonia brings a song called "80s coming back". Sounds promising? Think again. OK, it's a good enough melody and it's probably a nice song, but you'll forget it two seconds after having heard it. Unless they bring a dramatic clothes-change, of course.
One of my favourites is Rumania. The poor woman's English is disastrous, she pronounces "what good friends are for" like "what the prince ass for" but the song is very pet shop boys. Unfortunately Monsieur le Perrie tells me the woman couldn't sing live if her life depended on it and tried to take part in the song contest six times already. So, let's pray for her.
And then our good friends the UK. Le Royaume Uni. Well. Erm. The song is decent enough. But that's just it. It's decent. It's a nice pop tune. One that never would reach number one. So why send it to Eurovision? I just know Terry Wogan will be foaming at the mouth if this doesn't end in the top 5, but honestly Terry mate, why does the UK keep sending prefab pop without personality to Eurovision? Everyone is allowed to sing in English now, so you'll have to try a bit harder to win. It's catchy though, so it'll probably score but... it's as if your heart's not in it anymore. What does Littlemoose think about it? As my overseas Eurovision expert?
Greece brings a nice power ballad. But I don't think it really jumps out from the other songs. But who knows, if the woman brings an unforgettable performance and manages to astound us with her vocal qualities... I can just picture people waving their lighters about. Unfortunately she looks like an older, uglier version of the blonde one from "sex in the city"
let's hope she got rid of the perm...
Croatia sing in their own language... which would be...erm... croatian. yes. And that alone means they deserve a few points. "Više nisam tvoja" means as much as "i'm not yours anymore". I'm not very impressed with the girl's vocal qualities, but maybe I just got a bad version of the song. It's not bad, it's not good either. Apparently the girl will be wearing a short white skirt with a top with black, white and pink dots. Very classy indeed!
The Ucraine takes part for the first time ever. Go them. Unfortunately it's an absolutely tragic song. It's called -brace yourselves- "hasta la vista" and that just about says enough. The Ucraine takes us back to the bad Eurovision entries from prehistoric times. Them being first-timers should result in some sympathy votes, but still. Sorry Olexandr.
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Yes, Piglet goes on commenting on the songs for Saturday whether you like it or not.
Because I'm evil. Ha!
First of all, Russia brings the girls from Tatu to Riga. To tease Mac and the other straight gentlemen, I won't post a picture. Told you I was evil! But what can we say about the song? It's typical Tatu. They start out whispering and shout during the chorus. Is it gonna score? Well, Russian sounds sexy. We must admit that. And the girls have stirred quite the controversy by "refusing" to do a decent rehearsal, which is always good for points. So yeah, it's gonna score. But tatu fans don't seem the type to be watching Eurosong, much less voting for them.
Estonia brings a song called "80s coming back". Sounds promising? Think again. OK, it's a good enough melody and it's probably a nice song, but you'll forget it two seconds after having heard it. Unless they bring a dramatic clothes-change, of course.
One of my favourites is Rumania. The poor woman's English is disastrous, she pronounces "what good friends are for" like "what the prince ass for" but the song is very pet shop boys. Unfortunately Monsieur le Perrie tells me the woman couldn't sing live if her life depended on it and tried to take part in the song contest six times already. So, let's pray for her.
And then our good friends the UK. Le Royaume Uni. Well. Erm. The song is decent enough. But that's just it. It's decent. It's a nice pop tune. One that never would reach number one. So why send it to Eurovision? I just know Terry Wogan will be foaming at the mouth if this doesn't end in the top 5, but honestly Terry mate, why does the UK keep sending prefab pop without personality to Eurovision? Everyone is allowed to sing in English now, so you'll have to try a bit harder to win. It's catchy though, so it'll probably score but... it's as if your heart's not in it anymore. What does Littlemoose think about it? As my overseas Eurovision expert?
Greece brings a nice power ballad. But I don't think it really jumps out from the other songs. But who knows, if the woman brings an unforgettable performance and manages to astound us with her vocal qualities... I can just picture people waving their lighters about. Unfortunately she looks like an older, uglier version of the blonde one from "sex in the city"
let's hope she got rid of the perm...
Croatia sing in their own language... which would be...erm... croatian. yes. And that alone means they deserve a few points. "Više nisam tvoja" means as much as "i'm not yours anymore". I'm not very impressed with the girl's vocal qualities, but maybe I just got a bad version of the song. It's not bad, it's not good either. Apparently the girl will be wearing a short white skirt with a top with black, white and pink dots. Very classy indeed!
The Ucraine takes part for the first time ever. Go them. Unfortunately it's an absolutely tragic song. It's called -brace yourselves- "hasta la vista" and that just about says enough. The Ucraine takes us back to the bad Eurovision entries from prehistoric times. Them being first-timers should result in some sympathy votes, but still. Sorry Olexandr.
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